Boy, snow, bird : a novel / Helen Oyeyemi.
"A reimagining of the Snow White story set in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s"-- Provided by publisher.
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty-- the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she'd become, but the birth of Boy's daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white. Now Boy, Snow, and Bird must confront the tyranny of the mirror to ask how much power surfaces really hold.
Record details
- ISBN: 1594631395
- ISBN: 9781594631399
- Physical Description: 308 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA), 2014.
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- Subject:
- Fairy tales > Adaptations.
Passing (Identity) > Fiction.
Stepmothers > Fiction.
Massachusetts > Fiction. - Genre:
- Adaptations.
Fantasy fiction.
Available copies
- 30 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library. (Show)
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- 0 current holds with 31 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Madison Main Library | FIC OYE (Text) | 30229100929966 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Black Mountain Library | F OYE (Text) | 0020510177692 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Carver School Road Branch | FIC Oyeyemi, Helen (Text) | 0112519295078 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Columbus Library | F OYE (Text) | 31250200055139 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Denton Public Library | F O (Text) | 25908006311604 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Elkin Public Library | F OYEYEMI (Text) | 40599000877483 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Enka-Candler Library | F OYE (Text) | 0020510200155 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Etowah Branch | OYE (Text) | 33258007717916 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | FIC Oyeyemi, Helen (Text) | 0112519295086 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Gunn Memorial Public Library | F OYE (Text) | 34621704742421 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
"A reimagining of the Snow White story set in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s"--
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty-- the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she'd become, but the birth of Boy's daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white. Now Boy, Snow, and Bird must confront the tyranny of the mirror to ask how much power surfaces really hold.
In the winter of 1953, Boy Novak arrives by chance in a small town in Massachusetts, looking, she believes, for beauty-- the opposite of the life she's left behind in New York. She marries a local widower and becomes stepmother to his winsome daughter, Snow Whitman. A wicked stepmother is a creature Boy never imagined she'd become, but the birth of Boy's daughter, Bird, who is dark-skinned, exposes the Whitmans as light-skinned African Americans passing for white. Now Boy, Snow, and Bird must confront the tyranny of the mirror to ask how much power surfaces really hold.
